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The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 12:5

Acts 12:5Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the Church unto God for him.In and out of prison (children’s sermon):--1. There is more than one way of getting into prison.(1) If you were a minister, and some prisoner wanted you to speak to him about his soul, you might get in to him.(2) If you wanted to see inside you could get an order from the Home Secretary.(3) If you were so unhappy as to have a friend there you might see him at stated times.(4) You... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 12:7-10

Acts 12:7-10And behold the angel of the Lord came upon him.The tender offices of angels towards the saints of GodIt enhances the moral dignity of the Christian that he should have such exalted beings in constant attendance upon him. It seems to bring God nearer to us, to bridge over the measureless void between the finite and the infinite, to feel that in sickness or in sorrow, or in mental darkness, they are present with us who have just come from God’s presence. The hand supports us which a... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 12:12-25

Acts 12:12-25And when he had considered the thing, he came to the house of Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark.John Mark1. Two names are here, one Jewish, the other Roman; the latter adopted at first as a secondary one, and gradually superseding the former, just as “Joses” grew into “Barnabas,” and “Saul” became universally known as “Paul.” Thus we have “John, whose surname was Mark”; but later always “Mark” or “Marcus,” the Jewish name being entirely gone.2. The scenes of this... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 12:19-25

Acts 12:19-25And … Herod … went down from Judea to Caesarea. The death of HerodThis journey of Herod is described by Josephus. It would seem that he left Judaea in disgust and spleen because Peter had escaped from his hands. We are next informed that “Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon,” etc. Judaea being an agricultural and a pastoral country, and Tyre and Sidon being mercantile countries, the latter were dependent on the inland trade for their support, and therefore it... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 12:24-25

Acts 12:24-25But the Word of God grew and multiplied. The progress of God’s WordThis progress--growth and multiplication of God’s Word--was displayed--I. In the men of that period.1. The spirit of every age or movement of history is reflected in its leading characters. The Elizabethan age; the American Revolution; the age of Pericles.2. Displayed in its leaders or exponents.(1) In Barnabas we see tenderness and generosity.(2) In Paul strength and genius.(3) In John Mark imperfection, but... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Acts 12:1

1 Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church. Ver. 1. Now about that time ] That the famine lay sore upon the Church. Afflictions seldom come single. The saints usually fall into various temptations at once, James 1:2 . Fluctus fluctum trudit. Job’s messengers tread one upon the heels of another. Herod the king ] Nephew to Herod the Great, brother to Herodias, and father to that Agrippa, Acts 25:13 . read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Acts 12:2

2 And he killed James the brother of John with the sword. Ver. 2. And he killed James the brother ] So styled to distinguish him from the other James, called James the Less, kinsman to Christ, and bishop of Jerusalem, as the ancients style him. (Chrysost. Hom. xxxiii, in Act.) It was wonder that Herod killed no more, seeing this took so well with the people, whose favour he coveted. When Stephen the protomartyr of the Church was stoned, Dorotheus testifieth that two thousand other believers... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Acts 12:3

3 And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.) Ver. 3. And because he saw, &c. ] Seianus ferox scelerum, quia prima provenerunt, saith Tacitus. It is an old trick of tyrants to curry favour with the wicked, by shedding the blood of the godly. read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Acts 12:4

4 And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people. Ver. 4. To bring him forth to the people ] But God had otherwise determined. Sciat Cels. Vestra, saith Luther in a letter to the Elector of Saxony, et nihil dubitet longe aliter in caelo quam Norimbergae de hoc negotio conclusum esse, i.e. God in heaven hath decreed otherwise of this business than the emperor hath... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Acts 12:5

5 Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him. Ver. 5. Earnest prayer was made ] Oratio sine malis, est ut avis sine alis. These good souls strained and stretched out themselves in prayer εκτενης , as men do that are running in a race, Puriores coelo afflictione facti, as Chrysostom saith of them. read more

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 12:5

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 12:7-10

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 12:12-25

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 12:19-25

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 12:24-25

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Acts 12:1

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Acts 12:2

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Acts 12:3

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Acts 12:4

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Acts 12:5

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